"I'm going to finish my damn story!": a support thread

[NuclearFairy]

I got 271 words done last night. I think I'll be wrapping it up tonight. XD But we'll see if I can direct the herd of cats that run my brain properly for that.

 

[Statius]

I got 271 words done last night. I think I'll be wrapping it up tonight. XD But we'll see if I can direct the herd of cats that run my brain properly for that.

I learned watching The Big Bang Theory it's called a clowder! IDK, think it's fun. Just looked up why as well. Something something weird British accent mash up.

No offense to the Brits here, after all I speak Amerispeak.

(look at me showing off my TV trivia)

 

[NuclearFairy]

I learned watching The Big Bang Theory it's called a clowder! IDK, think it's fun. Just looked up why as well. Something something weird British accent mash up.

No offense to the Brits here, after all I speak Amerispeak.

(look at me showing off my TV trivia)

Or a glaring if they're unfamiliar with each other.

But if I'm trying to herd the cats, then I prefer to call them a herd. XD

 

[Statius]

Or a glaring if they're unfamiliar with each other.

But if I'm trying to herd the cats, then I prefer to call them a herd. XD

I got a hyper active herding dog, I'll let ya borrow him for a few days

Glaring makes sense, cats definitely do that

 

[StillStunned]

I got 271 words done last night. I think I'll be wrapping it up tonight. XD But we'll see if I can direct the herd of cats that run my brain properly for that.

 

[stickygirl]

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Leave them ALONE!

 

[StillStunned]

Leave them ALONE!

Physically impossible. They're kittens. Twenty-seven percent of the world's happiness derives from touching kittens.

 

[crookedletter]

Whew. I hit publish on one. First of many this year, I hope.

 

[StillStunned]

Whew. I hit publish on one. First of many this year, I hope.

 

[HyunnaPark]

I'm taking a moment to celebrate that I finished 6 out of 9 chapters so far.

Mainly to see what kind of meme @StillStunned comes up with based on 6 and 9.

 

[old_prof]

I finished my rewrite of my recent story (Snow Fall In Love) and submitted it as an edit. Hopefully it will appear in 2026. (Maybe even in February?)

I'm approaching the end of revisions for my Pink Orchid novel. I hope to submit that in the next few days. Then finishing up my other novel WIP 9next week?) and another 750 that's pretty much set. Then start the whole cycle again, getting lots of things underway simultaneously.

 

[PapaRomantic]

"Random Encounter" was just sent to be published! That means I'm down to one WIP in my folder, and it's got over 3k written on it, though I think it could end up being a long one.

If I get that one done, my WIP will be empty...for at least a month...couple of weeks...three or four days...a few hours...

 

[pink_silk_glove]

I got 271 words done last night. I think I'll be wrapping it up tonight. XD But we'll see if I can direct the herd of cats that run my brain properly for that.

** cracks whip **

>:-|

 

[dirk2024]

I FINISHED IT!!!!

I finally finished my Valentines story...hopefully up within the next two days. 19k words.

*faints in exhaustion*

 

[anthrodisiac]

Physically impossible. They're kittens. Twenty-seven percent of the world's happiness derives from touching kittens.

This feels like a pretty massive underestimate.

 

[StillStunned]

I'm taking a moment to celebrate that I finished 6 out of 9 chapters so far.

Mainly to see what kind of meme @StillStunned comes up with based on 6 and 9.

 

[HyunnaPark]

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I knew you wouldn't let me down

 

[StillStunned]

I knew you wouldn't let me down

I thought it was a bit more original than this one:

 

[pink_silk_glove]

I thought it was a bit more original than this one:
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You've finished your story. Now you have to make a triumphant video.

 

[HyunnaPark]

I finished chapter 7. Two left and I know where I'm going so the only question left is how much coffee I can drink.

 

[CalBishForNow]

I'm only a tiny bit worried about finishing Part 13 by the deadline I've set for myself. I'm more worried about doing that and also finishing the Valentine's Day story I'm thinking about doing after it. And if I manage both of those, I assume I'll have to worry about burning myself out again.

Just hit Publish on Part 13 last night. 9800 words, including all the plot points I had in mind for it when I started and one eureka moment I had halfway through. This was two days past the deadline I had set for myself. (And then this morning, I edited it again to add HTML tags, because I'm insane.) On the one hand, that's arbitrary and dumb to worry about and I could blame the weather and other unpredictable disruptions to my routine; on the other hand, Part 12 ended on a cliffhanger, and I didn't want to leave people hanging too long.

With that, I'm unwatching this thread. Maybe not literally, I appreciate the support and should probably have been offering more of it and it's been funny seeing the memes, but I want to pace myself, on writing in general and on these stories I kinda sorta care about in particular. I want the next story to be both timely and good. Maybe even weighted towards the second thing, even though I was thinking about it as a Valentine's Day story for a little bit. That was never incredibly important to it. It if takes me long enough to get just right, maybe I'll replace the references to coats with references to sundresses and sandals and it'll be a Summer Loving story instead.

 

[StillStunned]

With that, I'm unwatching this thread. Maybe not literally, I appreciate the support and should probably have been offering more of it and it's been funny seeing the memes, but I want to pace myself, on writing in general and on these stories I kinda sorta care about in particular. I want the next story to be both timely and good. Maybe even weighted towards the second thing, even though I was thinking about it as a Valentine's Day story for a little bit. That was never incredibly important to it. It if takes me long enough to get just right, maybe I'll replace the references to coats with references to sundresses and sandals and it'll be a Summer Loving story instead.